Dec 25 2019
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Nowadays we’re simply festooned with all sorts of mid-engine Aston Martin news. Valkyrie this, Valkyrie that. But…
Dec 25 2019
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Seasons Greetings! I’d like to welcome you all back to another year’s edition of Group C-smas, where I, as the newest Chosen member of the Jalopnik team, will be helping Mike Ballaban and Raph Orlove share some of our favorite memories from the era of Group C (and GT1!) endurance racing during the ‘80s and ‘90s.…
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Dec 12 2019
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In 1991, a rotary-powered Mazda won the 24 Hours or Le Mans. By 1992, rotary engines were no longer allowed to race…
Sep 25 2019
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There was a brief moment in the early 1990s when all of the major manufacturers building prototype cars to race at…
Aug 30 2019
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The Mercedes-powered Sauber C9 is a legend in endurance racing, taking the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans overall win and…
Jun 17 2019
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This year’s Le Mans marked a Celica-filled win for Toyota overall. It was a historic back-to-back victory (one in…
Dec 25 2017
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In the 1980s, Toyota began its most audacious push into the high-end side of the car world, racing V8 prototypes at…
Dec 25 2017
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You ever wonder what a race-bred, almost 1000-horsepower, twin-turbo Mercedes 5.0-liter V8 sounds like? It sounds…
Jan 17 2017
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The 3.5 liter, 640 horsepower Mercedes ‘M291' 180-degree 12 cylinder engine died twice: first when it repeatedly…
Dec 25 2016
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Group C was one of the greatest eras in racing history, producing the fastest cars to ever run the legendary 24…
Dec 25 2016
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The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was a landmark race, if for nothing else that it was the last year that the monstrous…
Dec 25 2016
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Students of history will remember how Porsche came to dominate the legendary Group C era: the Porsche 956/962 was…
Dec 25 2016
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Dec 24 2015
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The prototypes that raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s were so fast that they still reg…
Dec 15 2015
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The Saleen S7 is a mystifying car, a $375,000 American mid-engine supercar that sprung up out of nowhere in the year…
Jun 22 2015
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This year certainly wasn’t the first time Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Want your very own overall Le…
Mar 26 2015
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Group C cars are basically closed cockpit Formula-1 cars that had to run for 24 hours at full throttle before the…
Mar 26 2015
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[The 1991 Gebhardt-Cosworth C91 full on at the 73rd Goodwood Members' Meeting. Originally an IMSA car, it raced twice in Group 3 in 1992. We all know what was it missing today. Photo credit: Máté Petrány/Jalopnik]
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Mar 11 2015
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The earliest XJ220s are past their 23rd birthday by now, and throughout all those years, it wasn't Jaguar who kept…
Jan 11 2015
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The Porsche 962 is one of the most iconic race cars to come out of the 1980s, with versions competing in both IMSA…